why on earth?

*disclaimer*
this one will be a long, winding, and quite random posting :P

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i start to write this at 01:37. it means the perfect yesterday already passed for less than 2 hours. everyday is perfect. otherwise, this blog won't be name as such. (do i start to sound like Ms. Teen South Carolina on 2007?)

anyway, was planning to filled yesterday with lotsa stuffs. and i think i can manage to do all. yeah, slightly changed plan on the way, but heyy! that was the heart of a plan, rite? to be changed!

i successfully visited 2 museums. was planning to spend the whole day in the museums. actually i wanted to spent most of yesterday in the archaelogy museum, but alas, my heart was nearly collapsed. what's wrong with me, eh? it was REALLY a wrong tactic. maybe nobody remember my depressed story when i visited cork city gaol in 2007. yesterday was a bit worse. *darn!*

what happened?
after 10 minutes wandering around to see the prehistoric eire thingy, i decided to finish the ground floor first. it means went to the ancient ireland section. (why on earth i pick this one????!!!) the first 5 minutes is okay, trying to understand what bog was. (i still cannot understand, what the difference between bog vs peat? haven't check Uncle Google yet!) then walked to the next part, where they have some spirally woody wall. seemed fun. i went inside. and taraaaaaaaaaaa... there there.. a skeleton! (okay, i felt goosebumps now. i am THAT scared!) and the other one (WHY??? why did i go to the next room?????) a half body skeleton. *eek!!!*

i should have listen to my feeling. even before i enter the room, i felt something depressing in the air (halah!!!) believe it or not. hmmm... the experience made a major change in my plan. even when i try to calm down myself and went to the viking age room, it became more and more depressing. ummm... it felt worse than the diorama room in monjali. i literally run after that.. went out from the room and the museum for good. *shudder!*

then i just wandering around st. stephen's green. cursing myself for my coward heart.

ten minutes later, i decided to go to the art museum. well, it's an art museum anyway, surely there won't be any skeleton, right?

walk pass grafton street and stopped in front of molly malone statue. (no! i didn't peek at her over size breast.) i had to stop, because yesterday lotsa people (the news said it was more than 100,000 people) did a long march from parnel sq to merrion sq. at first i didn't realized.. because i only heard the bagpipe. hearing the sound i went to the crowd, i thought someone just perform for fun. but it was the protesters! i waited to see the long march. try to see if i knew someone in the crowd. standing in front of molly for about 45 minutes, then started to walk to o'connell. and pheeeww.. the tail of the protesters were really long. i stand for more than 30 minutes (after walking) in o'connell street. and no... i didn't see anyone i know. *hah!*

anyway, after that, i went to the art museum. feeling impressed with the HUGE building. i thought it was waaayyyyy bigger than dublin castle. feeling optimistic. nothing bad will happen. only to find my bubble of hope burst! yeah, they don't have skeleton. but the atmosphere still depressing. dark room with voices of (supposed to be) soldiers. old soldier clothes. antique (yet scary for me) statue, and stuffs. i planned to stay in the museum for 1 hour. well after the delay because the protesters were more interesting for me, i thought 1 hour until he museum close was fair enough. ha ha ha... not even close. 10 minutes, and i start to find the exit way, and become more hectic when i realized that i had to go through the same pathway to go to the exit. (if i took another way, i would have to go through different rooms. no no no!!!) and i literally run. again. phiyuuuh. i feel it in my feet fingers now.

why the atmosphere was really depressing? maybe it was just me. you know. some particular day of the month. but i don't think so. since most of the time i felt it when i visited so called museum. *sigh* it's okay for me to watch CSI. no problem in watching bones. but in the museum? eeeeeeeeekkkkk!!!

umm.. well, another perfect day. start it with a plan. felt scared at the middle. almost shed tears because of the protesters. thanking to Alloh lotsa times for all i have. a bit cheer up when playing four fingers in a range of macbooks unibody in PC World (they are sooo sexy but not yet.. not in the near future. a *bit* far, maybe!) feeling more happy post ice cream & crepes + double portion of sushi. scared again because now i remember those skeletons. *arrrrrrrggghhh! sometimes i felt an active mind is a curse!*

out now. time to recharge.



PS. i know it's J-HYD OST and kim bum is not a part of it. but still... he's in K-HYD anyway!

terima kasih

Aku sering terkikik kalo denger cerita-cerita dari rumah, yang terus menerus meluncur via udara. Ah, Mama dan Papa. Semakin geli lagi kalau denger cerita-cerita tentang kelucuan si Adek, yang polahnya ndak habis2 ndagel e. (Nyetok dagelan seko endi, Le?)

Teman-temanku yang selalu berada disana (you know who you are), who keeps my mind sane. All the time. Being so crazily patient of me. Made my day with one funny sentence. Or one silly word. One text message. Or one full throttle email. It's an honour to have you as my journey companion all this time. Hope I didn't make you crazy, yet.

And also to my 'old' and 'new' family. Wow. I cannot express how grateful I am.

Those new journey companions. May our path cross again. One day.

Akhir-akhir ini, Ar Rahman jadi favoritku. (Bukan A.R. Rahman pencipta lagu-lagu India loh!) Semua serba nikmat. Kadang-kadang suka merinding sendiri. Kemudian muncul pertanyaan, "What did I do to get all of this? What do You expect me to do?" Ah, daripada kebanyakan bertanya, lebih baik kulakukan yang seharusnya kulakukan. I say, thank You. For letting me enjoy the privilege.

فَبِأَيِّ آلاَءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny? (Ar-Rahman)

Friday, February the 13th

Yeah, I know today is 14.02.
Hari keramat buat yang meng-keramati. Meh!

Aku mundur 1 hari ke belakang ya, 13.02.

#1
Nemu koran gratisan di bus. Halaman terdepan.
"It's almost valentine.
Florist?
Check.
Restaurant?
Check.
Sex shop?
Check."

*bwahahaha.. teteup ya ujung2nya.*

#2
Sopir taksi pasang radio.
"...nowadays the activity (nggak perlu aku terangin kan ya?) has become mechanical...."
Dan interview pun terus berlanjut tentang korelasi pendidikan dan kekayaan terhadap "aktivitas" seseorang. Sial. Nggak diganti-ganti salurannya.

*mulai terasa nggak lucu*

#3
Di Wilton. Ngelirik sekilas berita di sky news.
Hmm... buka link ini aja.
You whatttt? 13? A father?

*Okay. Enuff.*

Not. A. Good. Day. Friday the 13th, eh? Premiere tuh hari ini.

I must give another extra thank yous to my parents for being my parents.

Nice Surprise

Biasanya aku enggak tertarik baca email-email forward-an, apalagi kalo yang kirim itu spesialis pengirim email2 forward-an jayus ke milis. Entah kenapa, kok tiba-tiba iseng pengen nge-klik itu email. And what a surprise....

Diluar kebiasaan lagi, biasanya aku mengutuk orang-orang yang sukanya kirim email forward-an tanpa menghapus alamat-alamat email orang2 lain yang sudah terlebih dahulu menerima email tersebut. Tapi kali ini entah kenapa, malah kulihat siapa pengirimnya. Siapa sih orang pertama yang kirim email ini?

Scroll.. scroll.. scroll.. scroll.. scroll...

Banyak amat yang udah dapet email itu.

Tapi ada satu nama di bagian bawah yang seemed familiar. Hmm? Who's this..?

Buka account email lama... Voilaaaa...

My old English teacher. My last email was dated end 2002. WOW. Long time no contact Mel. Guess I'll drop an email and say hello.



Aah.. how I love sweet surprises like this.

Ndak Jauh Beda Ah

Bulan Februari ini jebulnya penting buat para penganut teori Darwin. Aku nggak perhatian. Pantes aja, kok sejak awal tahun begitu hebohnya posting-posting tentang teori evolusi (baik yang pro maupun yang kontra) bermunculan. (Whatttttt, ndak gaul banget sih saya??)

Anyway, ini ada artikel dari The Economist. Artikel e dhowo. (Males bacanya!) :P Yang ketangkep di mata adalah Grafik tentang Public Acceptance of Evolution. Terus, pembahasannya begini:

... In general, as you might expect, a country’s belief in evolution is inversely correlated with its belief in God. But there is an interesting twist. Gregory Paul, an independent researcher on evolution, and Phil Zuckerman, a sociologist at Pitzer College in California, have argued controversially that a belief in God is inversely correlated with the level of what might be described as the intensity of the struggle for existence. In countries where food is plentiful, health care is universal and housing is accessible, people believe less in God than in those countries where their lives are insecure. A belief in God, and rejection of evolution, they suggest, is most valuable in those societies that are most subject to Darwinian pressures.

Hoo.. jadi Amerika itu termasuk negara sangat insecure (sama ya sama Indonesia?) yang kepercayaan pada Tuhannya masih cukup tinggi (sama juga deh), dibanding banyak negara-negara di Eropa. Hmm... pantes aja waktu Pemilu kemaren isu agama ini jadi rame.

Hmm.. nggak cuma isu agama kayaknya. Keturunan (cucu dari... atau papa dari...) ternyata bisa buat mendongkrak popularitas demi menangguk suara.

My question today...
1) Kalo Indonesia masuk polling, dalam grafik itu kira-kira posisinya dimana ya?
2) Besok pemilu, enak e nyoblos opo, dab? Ada masukan? :P